Prayers for Haiti
A reader sent this prayer for Haiti via BeliefNet:
It is with a heavy heart that we come to you, not necessarily knowing what we should ask for because many of us are wondering, “Why did this happen? Why has tragedy struck Haiti again and why do so many lives have to be lost again? Why has this beautiful island been struck by a catastrophic earthquake and ruined?” But as many questions as we have regarding the situation, we still humble ourselves before you to ask for your mercy to be upon Haiti and its people. Extend your hand upon the land and restore all that has been lost, destroyed and damaged to be better than it was before. As rescue teams search for casualties, give them foresight. May they be led by your wisdom, and encouraged by your strength and advised by your discernment. There are yet people who are surviving and I pray that the rescue workers would find them in time and revive them. For the lives that will be lost, we pray for immediate comfort to come to the family and friends of the deceased. For those of us who are watching this unfold from the outside, I pray that you would give us hearts of compassion so that we can give out of our surplus to fill the deficit that is widening in Haiti. May we all extend ourselves in any way possible to secure our brothers and sisters in Haiti. And may every prayer regarding this tragedy be heard and responded to in your good time.
In Jesus’ Name,
Amen
And here is a beautiful version of “Be Not Afraid:”
You shall cross the barren desert,
but you shall not die of thirst.
You shall wander far in safety,
though you do not know the way.
You shall speak your words in foreign lands,
and all will understand,
You shall see the face of God and live.
Be not afraid,
I go before you always,
Come follow Me,
and I shall give you rest.
If you pass through raging waters
in the sea, you shall not drown.
If you walk amidst the burning flames,
you shall not be harmed.
If you stand before the pow’r of hell
and death is at your side,
know that I am with you, through it all
Be not afraid,
I go before you always,
Come follow Me,
and I shall give you rest.
Blessed are your poor,
for the Kingdom shall be theirs.
Blest are you that weep and mourn,
for one day you shall laugh.
And if wicked men insult and hate you, all because of Me,
blessed, blessed are you!
Be not afraid,
I go before you always,
Come follow Me,
and I shall give you rest.
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That’s a beautiful prayer.
And for those who perished,
Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord,
And let perpetual Light shine upon them.
May their souls
And the souls of all the faithful departed
Through the Mercy of God
Rest in peace.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
*I shall continue to lift the people of Haiti up in my thoughts and prayers; Keep the faith, as better days lie ahead as the result of this tragedy.
Continued prayers for the people of Haiti and their rescuers (for their safety).
I love the photo of the little boy seeing his mother, after being buried for two days…there is a spark of hope in his eyes with recognition of a face he loves. I pray many have that spark today as help reaches them.
Prayers are certainly with the people of Haiti and the ones who are helping. It is a tragedy that supercedes politics and culture. It shows, too, that we live on an unstable planet that could spark a disaster anytime, anywhere in the world. It controls us; we don’t control it, no matter how many laws and taxes we pass. I would have liked to gone as part of a medical team, but I don’t belong to a group. By the time, I got there, at my own expense and supply, it would be pretty much over. I ask God to watch over them and help them survive and rebuild, plus be with those who have lost loved ones.
God be with them in their struggle and take the souls of the departed into eternal life. May He ease their sorrow and give them peace.
How could the various Haitian government officials allow the Haitian people to live is such pain on a good day that when disaster strikes many are beyond saving? Haiti has beautiful natural features and wonderful people. Part of rebuilding Haiti should include prosecuting those who looted the aid given to help the Haitian people.
Amen and amen.
Just got home from church. Don’t know how much will be raised by the special offering our church is taking for the work in Haiti (via World Vision), but from past experience I’m trusting that it will be a substantial amount.
As our pastor said, I can always make more money, but these people have lost everything.
…I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
…’Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink…?
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Matthew 25: 35-40
I did medical relief work for 6 years in Southern Sudan. Money does matter. Glad folks are raising it. Here’s the “but”. But what counts is lives being invested, folks being present. We can’t fix Haiti’s short term problems nor long term problems by throwing money at them. Haiti needs folks who are willing to invest in-person to turn Haiti around.
Money is very much needed. No doubt. Will have little long term impact without person to person investment.
That’s why we support organizations like World Vision (linked in my earlier post), the majority of who’s workers on the ground in Haiti are Haitians. Their goal there is, as it is in other areas of the world, to help them become productive and independent rather than dependent on handouts.
The same investment in people is what I see in organizations that On-my-soapbox works with, HaitisBabies and Heartline Ministries.
Please keep all these people, the Haitians and the foreign aid workers, in your prayers. The security situation is becoming more grave with each passing day.
Good for you, JSM. I’ve done volunteer work, but never overseas…though I’ve thought about it from time to time. I think that’s all the politicians here are thinking about; throwing money at the problem, then puffing out their chests, saying, “I did something”. All the money will end up doing is sit in a bank account somewhere, belonging to a corrupt politican there.
Sadly the issue with money becomes more about donors feeling good about themselves then accountability and progress being made in the field.
I can’t begin to tell you the scams I saw in East Africa that were being perpetuated by some very well known and respected groups.
And the UN, it is a farce.
The U.N. is one of those agencies that you need, and don’t need. There is a need for a forum so nations can talk, and have “some teeth” so it can be an influence on world peace. Yet, you don’t want it to be another League of Nations, with no influence at all. It has become, unfortunately, an agency for the power-seekers and the corrupt. Having no self-respect or self-enforcement, it has become “a farce”. Now it seeks to become a world government body. That, of course, will never happen in the near future. Meanwhile, Dallas is at Minnesota….
The UN needs to go away.
Hoping you are attempting sarcasm, but the U.N. is precisely a world government platform, and it gains respect and strength as minutes tick.
No. Too many countries would never submit to a world government based in New York. China, for example. Middle-Eastern countries too. Russia would never submit. South American dictators and African dictators would never give a inch. They are too obsessed with power. Such attempts at a world government, today, would result in WW3.
I can only hope we’d be one of those countries.
I think one of the goals of any conservative movement would be to get rid of the UN.
I can almost hear the roar of the crowd here in Bloomington, MN. Go Vikings!
I wouldn’t get rid of it. The world is much “closer” today than it used to be, decades and centuries ago. Nations need to talk; not exist in isolation. A general assembly is good and a security council is needed too. However, the system stinks today, and needs to be completely ditched and redone. The first thing is get it out of New York. Some, in our own government, would like to see a strong world body, like the U.N., with them in charge, of course. That’s why they support the idea.
Meanwhile, speaking of what “stinks”, the Dallas offensive line is one.
I can’t fully express my disdain for Pat Robertson’s reckless commentary. God’s love is unequivical, Pat should have put a cork in his “sin’s of the fathers” ideas.
Really Pat, what possible GOOD can come from remarks like that?
I strongly believe in whirled government – the further the better
Dances,
I agree his comment was stupid. That does not mean God does not use nature to carry out consequences of sin. Doesn’t mean Robertson is right. Just that the idea is Biblically sound. Bible is full of stuff showing God is in control of nature and at times does things most unpleasant with is creation and us the created.
Prayers to those in Haiti!
Having said that, not a penny of my money will go to any UN coffer for anything!
Not a penny more will go to anyone until they get the supplies out that they have. The “funds” seem to get “lost”?, or misused the more they get. I don’t know who is running this mess, but when a Fox reporter can learn of a devastated orphanage, and then find the resources to GET to that orphanage, surely the military and Red Cross can do the same. How many more segments of that population are out there forgotten or ignored?
NO more attacks on the Katrina response, because this far outweighs any blunders made in that response!
Another Be Not Afraid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyl9W53R7BQ
Looking at the stories coming out of Haiti makes one pause and be thankful for what we have ourselves. We were watching a show, yesterday, about supermarkets. There are many in the world that couldn’t imagine a “supermarket”. We here watching football on HDTV, laptop nearby, desktop upstairs, car in driveway, and a full refrigerator. We are a fortunate few. Yet, contrary to what many politicians assert, we are the most charitable people in the world. We are not the “evil capitalists” the world wants to believe. I hope the Haitians remember. Even if they don’t, we are a Christian people who reach out to help.
We are not evil but we are indeed capitalists. Capitalism is what brought us the SURPLUS we have in order to be able to help other countries in a time of need. Socialism squelches charity because it barely produces what is needed.
Ditto. I’m giving to the Salvation Army.
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WORLD VISION, FOOD FOR THE POOR, and the SALVATION ARMY get monthly contributions from me. These faith based agencies get about 90 percent of my donations to those needing help.
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Much less of the amounts donated to the RED CROSS made it to the needy in the past–I don’t know if this is still true. They kept 9/11 help donations for a year after the attacks–instead of aiding families that lost their breadwinners.
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But Haiti is a basket case–like Zimbabwe, Cuba, etc. Only when the corrupt dictators are jailed or killed can people in these failed countries move into normal lives. Haiti has been a disaster for forever, and is much worse after the earthquake.
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As for the U.N stating that this is the worst humanitarian disaster in 50 years–BULLS**T! How about Pol Pot’s Cambodian genocide, the Rwanda genocide, and the continuing Sudan genocide.
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The U.N. is corrupt and worthless–pull the U.S.A. out of the U.N, throw the U.N. out of our country, and send the money saved to faith based world help agencies instead.
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John Bibb
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It seems a lot of food and supplies are getting into Haiti but there isn’t anyone there distributing it. Trucks are going around empty. Our military can’t do everything.
My prayer for Haiti would be that the country comes out of the spiritual and political darkness which has blinded it for the last couple of hundred years. Let the light of Liberty and the truth of Christ come to those poor folks. They could then throw off the chains of abject poverty and spiritual bondage and truly be free.
This leaves Europe and North Africa. That’s a lot of real estate. Read Daniel and Revelation. We are nearing that climactic event. Watch Israel.
Just in case his audience didn’t get the point, Jesus referenced another recent tragedy, when a tower fell and killed eighteen people in Siloam. Again he asks: “Do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem?” And again he answers his own question: “By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!”
As noted in Church yesterday: that because of this quake thousands of Haitian Christians are now in Heaven. For them this is the greatest blessing. Now God has given us who will the chance to help the suffering. Yes indeed the Government of Haiti is lacking; much of the Church is Haiti, as here and everywhere, is compromised. One returning American women remarked she is not impressed with the UN as they only took care of themselves.
But at the moment many hundreds of thousands of Haitians are in dire need of whatever help we be able and willing to give them. I can so I will and fortunately I know the Relief Committee I give to is both honest and effective. Yes this could just be Feel Good but much as been given some so some can give much.
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One Air Force NCO on the ground at Port Au Prince has e-mailed his parents that they could get more done if celebrities and Important People would keep away and stop using the limited air port facilities.
O and dems are just soooooooo sympathetic to Haiti….
Saves lives in Haiti….In America….infanticide, kill the old, the poor and anyone that isn’t paying enough taxes…..
RACIST
Is there something new about that? Probably couldn’t find an international crook to funnel money to on such short notice.
The dead are piling up in the streets.
The corpses are having to be scooped up with bulldozers, dropped into dump trucks, and carted off – probably to mass graves.
The scope of the tragedy really hits when you see a dead child’s leg hanging from the lip of a bulldozer scoop filled with human corpses.
This same scene could have played out in San Francisco or New Orleans, but we were “lucky”. New Orleans still hasn’t recovered, partly due to a lack of interest once the major news organizations left, but primarily due to the local democrat mayor’s bungling. It will be years before Haiti recovers, but the news crews will be gone in a few days.
25 member Arab League Nations send nothing.
Muslims can build nothing but destruction, send nothing but misery in the world.
Haiti will become, if we allow it, an even bigger cesspool of corruption and outright theft than anything ever
There simply is no way to repair what is broken there
The first thing that should go in is an armada of Caterpillar D-11s to buldoze the shanty squallor that has existed there since its inception
The nightmare there has yet to begin
Give this mess to the UN